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Debug your grammar gremlin

  • Post author:Iza Grek
  • Post published:March 25, 2021

In my job, as sub-editor at a community newspaper, I had to reprimand a reporter for shoddy work. His report was submitted for subbing with several repeated paragraphs. When I…

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Letting the cat out of the bag: idiom origin

  • Post author:Iza Grek
  • Post published:August 3, 2020

Yesterday on my walk as I approached the park I saw a massive canvas bag, filled to the brim with litter. I hoped that it was a sign that the…

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